On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
A representative of the CSTO Secretariat took part in the International Military Scientific Conference “Applied Aspects of Scientific Activity in the Field of State Defense and Security” in Minsk
28.11.2025
On November 26 and 27, 2025, Minsk hosted the International Military Scientific Conference “Applied Aspects of Scientific Activity in the Field of State Defense and Security” organized by the Research Institute of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. The event was attended by representatives of the CSTO Secretariat, the Executive Committee and Secretariat of the CIS CMD, a UN Special Rapporteur, delegations from the defense ministries of CSTO member states and a number of other countries.
Pavel Muraveiko, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, delivered a welcoming speech and a report on “Trends in the Changing Nature of Wars and Armed Conflicts.”
The CSTO Secretariat Consultant Pavel Sarkisyan delivered a report on “The Information and Analytical Activities of the CSTO Secretariat.”
In a series of sessions, the parties discussed a wide range of regional security issues in detail.
The host organized a visit to the Khatyn State Memorial Complex for the conference participants. A representative of the CSTO Secretariat left an entry in the guest book.
